PSLE Calendar

For more information, click on the following link;-

http://www.seab.gov.sg/SEAB/psle/2009PSLETimetable.pdf

38 Days to go....

e-Learning Day Matters

To 6Patience,

There are a few assignments that I've prepared and put up for you to complete during next Monday's e-Learning Day.

Currently there are;-

English
- 4 Grammar MCQ Quizzes
- 3 Vocabulary MCQ Quizzes
- 5-Words submission Assignment for the class Word Bank
- Synthesis-Transformation Ex 1 and 2 (10 Qns)
- Synthesis-Transformation Ex 3 and 4 (10 Qns)
- Synthesis-Transformation Ex 5 and 6 (10 Qns)


Maths
- to be announced

Science
- to be announced

You can log-in to Moodle under the English courseware to locate the activities.

PS: The school is opened on Monday (31/08) from 0800-1000 for pupils who need computer access if the Internet is not available from home. Computer Lab 2 and 3 are made available for you.

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"Insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
- Albert Einstein

Usain Bolt 100m - 9.69s Spoof

What 'actually' happened in the record breaking 100m race...



spoof (COPY)
noun [C]
an amusing and ridiculous piece of writing, music, theatre, etc. that copies the style of an original work

They did a spoof on/of the Nine O'Clock News.
It was a spoof cowboy film.

A really funny spoof :)

Black vs Red Mangroves

Sharing something I learnt on the trip to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. How the roots of the mangrove adapt to its environment.

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Adaptations to Low Oxygen

black mangrove

Black mangroves live on higher ground and make many pneumatophores (specialised root-like structures which stick up out of the soil like straws for breathing) which are also covered in lenticels. These "breathing tubes" typically reach heights of up to thirty centimeters, and in some species, over three meters.

red mangrove

Red mangroves which can survive in the most inundated areas, prop themselves above the water level with stilt roots and can then absorb air through pores in their bark (lenticels).



can you spot the red and black mangrove in this picture?

click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove for more information

...... and an interesting picture

Malayan Water Monitor Lizard (not the Komodo Dragon - as the latter is indigenous to the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang in Indonesia)

6 Patience @ Sungei Buloh

and here comes the fun shot!

And congratulations on getting praised by the park rangers for having gathered 28.8kg of litter and hence conserving the environment.

Note: P5B 2007 was to perform the same coastal clean-up but the CIP had to be cancelled because of an imminent downpour. What memories...

My Favourite Sports Quotes

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.
-T. Alan Armstrong

Forget the risk and take the fall,
If it's what you want, then it's worth it all

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.
-Muhammad Ali

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?
-Joe Namath

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan

To succeed...You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
- Tony Dorsett

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
- Vince Lombardi

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
- Heywood Hale Broun

The Six W's: Work Will Win When Wishing Won't.
- Todd Blackledge

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
- Vince Lombardi

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
- Steve Young

The Pledge Moment @ 8:22pm

Happy 44th Birthday Singapore!

What Do You See - official music video for National Day 2009

National Day Celebration @ YTPS

One of the highlights I look forward to every year. I loved it! Anyone else does?

PS: Photos will be up by the weekend

Creature Feature - Vampire Squid

Can you identify its adaptative features?

remember to answer in the following format
[adjective + noun + function]

youTube Video below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ZQH2Uzpew

more on the Vampire Squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Squid

What is Deforestation

Enjoy the information if not the music. And yes, if we don't do our part to conserve our environment, then indeed it would be 'too late to apologize' :)